Talk with Muldoon

A group of about 7 of us sat around a table on the 3rd floor of Jackson Hall waiting to pick Paul Muldoon's brain about anything that we decided to talk about. We talked about all sorts of subjects ranging from (of course) his poetry, other literature, music, and movies. We talked about Nirvana (the band, not the Buddhist belief), and covers of All Along The Watchtower originally by Bob Dylan. We talked of novels that had been adapted into screenplays, such as The Shining, and The Godfather, and we talked about the pros and cons of such actions. Throughout the entire session Muldoon seemed completely at ease about everything, fielding every question, and piping into every conversation with incredible ease. about halfway through the session I realized that this man knows more about everything than I could ever hope to know about any one thing. I left the session nearly dazed thinking about everything that we discussed trying to recall how we even got onto those subjects. It was really interesting to just sit and have a normal everyday chat with an internationally renowned poet.